Preventing pregnancy: A girls' issue. Seventeen-year-old Swedish boys' perceptions on abortion, reproduction and use of contraception

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-118

  Ekstrand, Maria ^a,c   Tydén, Tanja ^a,b   Darj, Elisabeth ^a   Larsson, Margareta ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abortion; Adolescent fatherhood; Attitudes; Contraception; Sexual risk taking

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT FATHER; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BARRIER CONTRACEPTION; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FATHERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; REPRODUCTION; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN;

EID: 34250165018     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13625180701201145     Document Type: Article

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